Safety at Burning Toast Man
In a word: "fahgeddabowdit."
Personal responsibility is what BtM is all about. Read the ticket closely, it's not a joke:
"You accept the risk of serious impairment and death by attending."
Many BtM participants are seriously impaired before even reaching the playa. Others work hard to remain seriously impaired during the event.
Firearms Safety
Consider adding body armor to your clever post-modern-hippie-apocalypse-in-a-blender-on-acid costume. Level III body armor is sufficient to avoid most fatal small arms mishaps and collateral damage, while still being light enough to rave up a storm for many hours before dehydration sets in.
The left hand of the BtM clockface from 275 degrees through 310 degrees is the "quiet side" and has an uninforced guideline of no planned explosions after 11pm except the night of the burn, as well as a request for all munitions to be subsonic throughout the event.
The right hand side of the clockface from 35 degrees through 50 degrees is the "loud side" of the event and there are no limitations on size or type of munitions. Please do respect your neighbors even though they may have smaller weapons than you. Remember that they're only jealous.
The following rules are in addition to the above "Quiet Side / Loud Side" guidelines.
From the Burning Toast Man statue in the center of the event looking north (north from the man, not magnetic north) a 45 degree radial is a full free fire zone. Art projects in this area must be completed before 1600hours GMT preceding the night of the burn. The free fire zone is accessible from two access roads on the left and right side of the event, each of which is cotangent to the upper vertices of an equilateral triangle inscribed around The Man such that the area of the circle is 15 hectares and the reference vertex is at Center Camp. However, note that this free fire zone is only designated as the path projectiles and fragmentation must follow, and may be targetted from any other area of the event so long as all deadly force both enters the free fire zone on at least a 70 degree oblique and does not exit the free fire zone.
Basically, if you hit what you're aiming at, BtM's Black Rock Airborne Rangers won't hassle you.
The Range Safety Officer
Regardless of all other rules, regulations, and rumors, the Range Safety Officer has the final word. You MUST obey the Range Safety Officer at all times. The Range Safety Officer may post arbitrary rules at any time which supercede all other guidelines, laws, and ethics. You are responsible for following them whether or not you agree with them or whether they're legible. The Range Safety Officer is the permanent and fulltime arbiter on BtM policy and holds a "double O" rating from the British government. The Range Safety Officer may delegate other individuals, and occasionally corporate entities, to carry out his duties before, during, or after becoming incoherent or comatose. These delegates by their bright red RSO safety vests, which are not to be confused with the bright red "designated target" vests placed on robot automatons provided to BtM by Corporation.
Remember, at Burning Toast Man "Safety is Job uhh... six. Or seven."